Create incredible Windows Phone apps using Silverlight with Packt's new book

Oct. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Written by Jonathan Marbutt and Robb Schiefer. Jr, the book is laid out in a cookbook style, presenting examples in form of recipes, giving readers the choice to go directly at any topic or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge.

Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash.  The run-time environment for Silverlight is available as a plug-in for most web browsers running under MS Windows. While early versions of Silverlight focused on streaming media, current versions support multimedia, graphics and animation, and give developers support for CLI languages and development tools. Silverlight is also one of the two application development platforms for Windows Phone 7.

Windows Phone 7 Silverlight Cookbook starts off with application, design and architecture and then moves on to more technical features and APIs . Readers will be able use the Camera API to scan barcode, location services to pinpoint the user’s GPS coordinates and accelerometer to provide feedback based on movement of the phone. All of these features can be provided in a slick user interface through the power of Silverlight. Animations, behaviors and XAML provides more than what one expects.

Using the book, developers will learn to use XAML and Blend along with animations to bring interfaces to life and utilize the web services to the fullest. They will understand how the process of sending Push notification to users saves time and battery and to create unique touch gestures for the application taking it to a whole new level. Finally, readers will be able to generate revenue and share their app with the world through the Windows Phone marketplace.

Loaded with recipes containing comprehensive instructions for the tasks required to build modern, compelling smartphone apps using Silverlight, this book is written for developers and designers of all levels. This book is out now! For more information, please visit : http://link.packtpub.com/NWWEDH